Door-latch.



'H. A; YOUNG.

DOOR LATCH.

APPLICATION FILED MAY24.1917.

1,242,301. Patented Oct. 9/1917.

To all whom it may concern UNITED sTATnsfA EN .QFF

HENRY-ANDREW YOUNG, or WINNIPEG, MANITOBA; oAivAnans sieNoi tttl htt tt To PHILIr H. BROTMAN, or wm vrrne, MANITOBA,- CANADA. 1

Be it known that I, HENRY ANnRnw YOUNG, a citizen of the Dominion of Canada,

residing at the city of Winnipeg, in the Province of'Manitoba, in the Dominion of Can- 'ada, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Door-Latches, of which the following isa specification.

' e'fiective both as This invention relates to latches orfasten ers more particularly useful in connection with screen and storm doors, and theobjects A of the invention are to provide simple, cheap and novel means for the purpose which are look. r

With these objects in view the invention "consists in the novel combination of parts I and method'of making the same, first fully described in the following specification and then more particularly pointed out in the appended claims', reference also beinghad to the accompanying drawings forming part hereof in which similar characters of reference indicate similar parts throughout'the different views, and in which- Figure '1 shows the device in operative position in connection with a door, the latter being in section to show the latch support or box mortised thereinto.

Fig. 2 is a view of the latch? member proper, from above- Fig. 3 is a separate view-of the latchrein thebox A'by a pivot or rivet 19 which passes through the openings, .10 in the sides 4and .through the coil 13' onethe-latch.

A stop C is formed from the blank 20 by 1 bending the marginal portions 21 back on Fig. 6 shows the'blank from which the t ainer or looking memberr Fig. 4 shows the stop with looking member 7 or keeper operatively connected therewith.

P Fig. 5 is a section taken on the line'5. in Fig. 4. a

stop is formed.

Fig. 7' is the blank from which the box support for the latch'is formed.

The whole device comprises first the box A in which the latch B is pivotally supported,

and which is set in a mortise through the door as shown in Fig. 1. This box I prefer to make from a blank stamped from a piece of fiat metal to theshape shown in F 1g. 7,

this being bent on the dotted'lines 2 to form the top 3 andsides 4 of the box, and on the a latch and as a temporary.

marginal portions 8 are then turned out on to lieflat againstthe stile of the door.-

The edges Sand 7 maybe joined: together by solder or other means or they maymerely meet as shown in Fig. 8 this being an immaterial point as "they are secure in either case,'whenin position in the door...

p The portions 4 of the blank are perforated to provide the rivet'holes 10 A when the parts are folded, 'and the semicircular flange portions are :perforated I to provide thescrew holes 11'.

The latch member BI prefer to form from a single pieceof wire, one end being turned around horizontally to form a circular handle 12, the intermediate portion of the wire being curved down from the handle then coiled perpendicularly to form a rivet hole, the coil being indicated as 13, the wire then curving up and sharply down to form a hook 14, then curvingout around the front of the bill 15 toform a finger grip 16 by which the latch :may be lifted, then .down over the top of the hook to form a recess 17,,

and then back ina long over curve ,to forIn aspring 18 projecting. into the box A and bearing against the under side of the top'3.

thereof under compression.

. The latch member B is pivotally mounted the dotted lines 22 to form;v flanges having the apertures 23 formed in each in line with those in the other A keeper 24 isv formed from a single piece of wire as shown in Fig.

which register p p Patented ott. 9; 1917. Application filed May 24,1917. Seria1No. 1 f70,66 1. i i I dotted line's5 to. bring the edges and. to- I getherto'formthe bottom. The semicircular "4, the rabbet-portion25 of the blank 20being curled around the ends 26 0f thekeeperto the flange portions 8, and the plate 28, (Fig. 7 9) 'preferably'fits over the opposite end of I the box and is'secured to the door by the V screws 29.

In Fig. 1 it ill be noted that the stop o is secured tov the jamb 30 of the door opening,

by the screws 31 which pass through the openings 23 in the flanges 21, that is to say, through the openings in both flanges, the

.or.' to: depress -:.oWing, to its ,length,,opposing but, slight .re-

rsistance. aThe stop. C, being feither a right or left hand.

secure by Letters Patent 1sstop standing at an angle so that the face thereof forms an incline up which the bill 15 ofth-latch member rides until it hooks over the curled loopat the top of thestop, the hook being impelled to this by its spring portion 18. The keeper 24: is then rotated around the finger grip 16 to come to rest in "the recess 17 andto 301001: the latch. *To

release the latch the keeper is reversedand pressure used to either lift the finger grip 16 thehandle' 12, the springlS,

member.,-22 ,on each, side, throughboth of which the screws pass, is made sultable for door ithout change.

. Having :thus :fully described. my, said invention,.what I claim as new; anddesire to described, a a latch lain. a device. of the kind .singlepiece ofwire shaped to form ahaving. handle atone end, a hook at the 1 the said .Wire being looped .;and over the top of the hook to-form a finger grip and then extended rearwardly to form other end and a coil intermediate the ends,

' a spring.

-2. In a device of the .kindfdescribed, a single piece of Wire bent to form a latch having a horizontal circularhandle at one end,

- aho'okat the other. end, a ,coil intermediate coiled to form an opening wardly extending over {copies of-tnis patent may be obtained 0 hook, a idepresthe ends, a loop around the behind the head sion at the end of theloop of the" hook and a ,rearwardly extending spring.

" "-Adoorlatch formed from a single piece of Wire turned at the end to form a horizontal circularhandle,

for apivot, then curved up and sharplydoWn to form a hook,

then loopedforwardly out around and over the top of thehookto: form a finger grip ending in a depression.merginginto a rearcurving spring. l. iA device of; the kind described com- ,prising a: bOX'OIfl casing having atop and j's'ides and a pivot element carriedby the sides crossing the space intervening thereinto the casing and formed with a flange 7 around the front Q1001) passing then turneddoWn and 1 .fdepression between; a latch formed from a single length of Wire coiled around the pivot andfurther shaped. to .have .a -handle, ..a ihookand. a spring extending TGELIXVZlIdlYL from the hook bearing against the underside of the top thereof.

5. A flat metallic casinghaving apertured sides andiL-flanges v integral therewith by Which it may be secured in a door; a pintle inserted through the apertures ancl. C1TQSS 1 ng.; the space ntervvening between the sidsofthe casing; a latch, formed from a single length of w re coiled around the p intle further shaped to havev a handle, a hook-and a spring above and, extending ,rearwardly from I the hook into'the caslng. and operat ng:thereagainst to maintain the .7hooknormally{depressed .6. Azdevicepf the. kind describe comp .ing. a. rectangularx.c LSiIlg;:%diLpt Ch ,torb 15 cured in. a .dQOrJand-Uhaving, ajpivot crossing; the. space between the sides thereof a '1 .latchaformed from, a single. length, of ,agvire coiled; around .tlie pivot and furthe shape handle and a hook havinga fOIW al'dly therearound. 10 6 1301111 a-fin'ger grip, a-dep ession be n itheihss to provide a forwardly; :thereamun c head of the hoolnaml. alfipl'llig.operativeto maintain the hookinormally yieldingly de-.

pressed, the loop on thehookbeing adapted tolride the ,inclinedaface of the stopj yhen he door is ,b ing..:c1 osed and; till, the, hook vengages theestop and thedoop ;,on thestop being. adapted, tohbe rotatedto rest; in ;t he;

behind-theihook:,to maintain the engagement of the hook With the stop.

I Intestimony whereof, I aflix my. signature.

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